The Japanese have been holding passengers arriving from North America at Narita international airport in quarantine, checking temperatures, etc.
Japan is well known in public health circles for being exceptionally nervous about flu; it has an aging population and a national obsession with cleanliness that makes even Switzerland look messy.*
Indeed, my wife, who is Japanese, spoke with her mom in Tokyo this weekend who was still freaked out about swine flu. There are nearly 130 cases of confirmed swine flu in Japan, with 0 deaths. Actually world-wide, excluding Mexico there have only been 6 deaths, or 1 in 1000 people with confirmed flu.
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